Brothers Michael and Mitchell Mulry, 9 and 5, respectively, worked on a palindrome worksheet.

“On one, I got 10 steps,” Michael said proudly.

Little ones were drawn to a game called Free the Animals. Students rolled dice and subtracted one number from the other in an attempt to calculate certain figures, freeing their bears from prison before opponents did.

Staff served a complimentary dinner throughout the evening and distributed an ice cream treat at the end of the night.

“It’s very nice that they have this for families,” said Stacy Handeland, mother of a Hamilton kindergartner. “Play games, have dinner, have fun with your family … there’s no excuse not to come.”

The school gave away games, as well as two turkeys to keep with this year’s theme, “gobble up math facts.”

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AJ Sauve, right, moves his brother Blake’s pawn back to the gingerbread square on the Candy Land board, eliciting squeals of protest from Blake and laughter from their mother, Katie Sauve.